FOREVER - Simple Stories

Hi there! Nathalie with you today with a new layout all about the loves of my life, my family.  The Heart collection is probably one of my favorite Simple Stories collections ever.   The colors and sentiments are just beautiful and perfect to document a memory for my son's album.

I started by cutting the floral frame from white cardstock using a cut file from Handipaper -who says florals are just for girls!-.   Each of the images was then backed used papers from the 6x8 paper pad, sn@p cards, and Simple Basics kit.

The cut out was attached to the b-side of the My Heart paper using some foam adhesive - this creates dimension on the page-.   All the colors in the frame  are just soft and masculine, perfect for a memory for my son.

The picture of  my family was backed with papers from the collection, and then nestled at the bottom corner of the frame.   To frame the picture, i used a combination of stickers and bits and pieces to create embellishment clusters.

The title of this page was placed at the top corner area of the floral frame - this balances the page-.   All the embellishments in the Heart collection are just gorgeous that it makes it so easy to embellish a page.

To finish this page, i used one of the tags in the Bits and Pieces pack to write my lines of journal, and then slid it behind the picture.   A few drops of gold ink complete this page.

I hope this inspire you to create a new project of your own.   The HEART collection is versatile, gorgeous and perfect for all those special memories.  Make sure to check it out!

XO

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CHERISHED MEMORIES - Simple Stories

Hi there!  Nathalie with you today bringing you a new project very dear to my heart.   A couple years ago, i fell in love with the simple set Heart collection, and bought doubles of each piece (which still sits nicely in my favorite stash drawer), so imagine my joy when Simple Stories announced that they will be relaunching my beloved HEART collection as a complete collection!  Well, i quickly went through  my picture folder to find the last picture of my kids with my grandfather to create this page using this beautiful collection.

Unfortunately, we lost my grandfather a bit after this picture was taken, so i set to bring the feelings the picture conveys to live.  For this, I pulled a cut file from JustNick studio, copied and welded two of the images so that it created the column of hearts, and had my Silhouette cut if from white cardstock.

The empty heart spaces were backed with different papers from the collection found in the 6x8   paper pad.  A bit of foam adhesive in between patterned paper and cut out create that soft shadow/ dimension on the page.

The cut  out was glued to the b-side of  the So Loved paper - i had this paper trimmed about one quarter of an inch on each side, and attached to the b-side of the 2x2 Elements paper.  Before securing the cut out to the page,  i used some gold ink and the Always in my Heart Stamp set to add a few hearts to some places in the background.

 Once i glued the background, i used some of the Snap cards to back and create layers behind the picture , and attached it to the bottom left side of the cut out.        I chose to add a cluster of embellishments (stickers, ephemera and chipboard stickers) to the corners of the picture.

To finish the page, i added a title for this page by mixing ephemera and a few stickers. A few lines of journal complete this fitting tribute to my "Papacito".

I hope you too are inspired by the new HEART collection from Simple Stories. It truly is the perfect collection to express your love. As always please do not hesitate to contact me if you have questions on how it all came together.


Materials Used:
10498  Collection kit
10499  Sticker combo
10505 So Loved paper
10508 2x2 elements paper
10512   Chipboard
10513  Bits and Pieces
10514  Stickers
10517   6x8 paper pad
10518   Sn@p cards
10739  Always in my Heart Stamp set

My Boy

Scrapbook Layout  for Scrapbook Nerd  - My Boy -

A close up of the title of the layout...

Hello everyone!

When Simple Stories revealed some of their newer collections, I knew I wanted the Heart collection to document my late grandmother's memories.  Little did I know that it could be so versatile and masculine that it will serve to document my teenage boy. 

I pulled the inspiration for this layout from one of the cut-apart cards of the collection.  The diamond shapes in the stickers, gave me the idea of using the shape for the layout.    Using a ruler and an exacto knife, I cut diagonal lines to the 4 corners of the paper (they all have the same dimension and angle).   I went ahead and attached the cut corners on white cardstock.   

I left an empty white space in  between some of the cuts,
so that the page will not be overwhelm by the pattern.

The next cut, followed the diagonal pattern, but with an 11/2 inch offset, and so on.  Once I started gluing this pieces, I decided to turn the patterned paper so I can play with the matching patterns.   In the center of the piece I went ahead and cut a large square of white cardstock, and divided it into 4 quarters.   I cut the quarters by leaving a small offset edge to the cut.   I used other papers from the same collection to mat the quarters.  Here is what my final set up looked like before the picture.

I secure the pieces using the sewing machine.  
The stitched lines  add interest and texture to the layout.

 The title was placed to highlight the angle of the paper cuts; it was also sewn in to continue the look of the page.  Though the colors of the patterned paper are a bit dark, I chose a black and white picture of my son.   I used stickers from the collection to create clusters around the picture.

I used the diamond card cut-out to back one of the quarters of the inside square.
The picture was layered using a gold foil paper so that the different elements can have continuity.

Finally I added my journal in the same fashion as the title, and lots of enamel dots along the different points of interest of the page,

the completed layout (crooked stitching at all).

I really enjoyed playing with the beautiful paper for this layout.  I hope you also like the results.

See you soon!!

Materials Used:

White Cardstock - American Crafts

Patterned paper - Heart Collection - Simple Stories

Word phrase stickers - Felicity Collection, Pink Fresh Studio

Stickers- Heart Collection -  Simple Stories

Patterned paper - picture layer - Chic Tags, Cloud 9 collection, Sunday's Best

Title - Wonder Thickers - Gold Charm

Puffy Sticker -  The Happy Planner collection

Enamel dots - Recollections, Michael's

Tab - ephemera - MME, Market Place collection

You're Loved Little Toto

Scrapbook Layout - You're Loved Little Toto -

A side view of the many layers on the layout

Hello everyone,

I still have a lot of pictures to document from my nephew's birthday and Easter ( I took over 650 pictures all together on just 2 days), so I picked the one of my little Toto (that is his nickname) blowing his candle for this layout

Recently i purchased Simple Stories' Heart collection, and i knew that it will serve to document his birthday, as the colors match perfectly.   To begin this layout, I used the Guy Stuff cut file from The Cut Shoppe exclusively created for Scrapbook Nerd (I am designing for this retailer for the next 6 months) to cut a  large star inside target circles.  Using the outer circle of the target, I used Silhouette studio  to add some words around the perimeter (my title), and  sent it to perforate so I could hand embroider the words.

I used yellow, teal, blue and gold as they are the colors featured on the paper collection

After the title was stitched, I added clear gesso to  the page (i washi taped the stitching) and added color shine in mint, navy, teal and mustard -with the packaging method- to add a watercolor effect to the center of the page.  I added splatters of the same colors following the corners of the star.

I matted only the stars  with vellum, and added stitching just to
the middle of the stars.
I attached it to the layout with foam dots to add height to the layout

The picture was matted using only papers from the Heart collection from Simple Stories and a piece of folded waxed paper.  All the embelishments come from the collection.  I cut the presentation page to create tags, and added the matching stickers.

I used the PL cards to mat and layer the picture,
The tags and banner was created by fussy cutting the presentation page of the collection

Even though the page is busy, I felt that i needed to balance the page and added a small cluster to the opposite side of the picture.  I used the branding strips to cut banners, and pieces of the left over cards.  I also cut the word heart from the sticker sheet title.

a simple staple was enough to attached the little cluster 

Finally I added the date and journal lines under the picture.   I love the results, in hind sight i should have - could have - made the cutout smaller.  I still love the results, and I hope you like it too.

See you soon

The final layout

Materials Used:

Mat - white cardstock, American Crafts

Cut out - White card stock, American Crafts

Cut file,  Guy Stuff, the Cut Shoppe for Scrapbook Nerd

Patterned Papers, Heart Collection, Simple Stories

Embelishments, Heart Collection, Simple Stories

Color Shine Mist - Navy, Mint, Teal, Gold, and Mustard - Heidi Swapp Collection

Project Life Week 9

PL  Week #9

This week's entry for my project life is a single page spread.  I captured my family's life and every day throughout the week, but it was all routine stuff, that had already be documented.  

The completed layout for the week

I chose to use a We R Memory Keepers 12x12 page that can fit 4x4  and 3x4 cards  and/or pictures.  Most  of the cards come from different Snap collection from Simple Stories, as they work harmoniously together.   

The cards and stickers come from Simple Stories' Heart Collection

My grandma would have turned 86 this year (she passed away 4 years ago), so I marked her birthday on my layout using Simple Stories' new collection, HEART.  I bought this collection especially to create some layouts about her.  It is lovely, and the cards have beautiful sentiments, and worked perfectly on this page.

I hope you are also documenting your 2016.

See you soon.